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A few cities here in my state have been destroyed by floods. Over 600 people are dead, and that number will certainly rise. If you guys remember what happened to my city last year? This is about a billion times worse ( Read more... )

I didn't say anything about the Weird Cup, because really, I hated the Brazilian team with the power of a billion burning suns [nobody laughed more than me when they got beaten], and I kinda wanted Argentina to win because Maradona is hi-larious and he said he'd streak naked across Buenos Aires and I wanted that to happen, but you know what? La ( Read more... )

Real life update: well, it stopped raining, and the tide is retreating. [If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I made a f-locked post three days ago, but I removed the really personal info and made it public now.]

The Washington Post has an update that's more or less sound. Death toll this morning is 223 state-wide, with the majority of ( Read more... )

The more I read the news and watch the TV the worst it feels -- the inadequacy, the impotence, the hopelessness. Just go to Google News and search for "Niterói" and... yeah.

Okay, I'll give you two links:

- Deadly mudslides in Rio expose Brazil's inequality. The one text in English I could find that sort of explains how it is to live here [ ( Read more... )

Today is World AIDS Day, so take a little time to learn about what you can do to stay safe, and to help others as well.

Also, because my country is awesomer than yours:

- Brazil proves developing countries can use generic medicines to fight HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Brazil has paved way for tackling HIV/AIDS, says study
- Brazil faces fresh HIV/AIDS ( Read more... )

So, last night? This happened. O.o.

Which is why this post is a day late. Not that you guys would know anything about that *g* -- but I had planned on starting to post the big Stargate SG-1 picspam of doom last night. Stupid world getting in the way of my fannish things.

ANYWAY.

The idea for this picspam came to me when MGM revamped the official ( Read more... )

The Brazilian national anthem is being played for the very first time in an Olympics swimming competition. EVER.

The enormity of this, of what this medal can represent for future of this country's investment in sports... I can't even begin to explain, I just-- I don't have the words. [But I do have the hopeNow if I just could stop shaking. And ( Read more... )

You know, I loathe Globo with all my might, but Globo Esporte has put up the most awesometastic Olympic Games calendar EVER, detailing all events in our local time -- and highlighting the ones wherein Brazilian athletes/teams are involved. FTW ( Read more... )

1. First and foremost: bestest picture EVAH [casting spoilers for Stargate: Atlantis S5].

2. Today was the last national holiday of the year. Well -- it's not that there aren't any more holidays, it's just that from now until Christmas every single holiday in Brazil is either a Saturday or a Sunday. 2008 = MADE OF FAIL ( Read more... )

Labor Day! Four-day weekend, whee! And for once, I actually get a free Thursday because movies are opening today instead of tomorrow. THANK YOU, [stupid] Brazilian movie market!

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I'm feeling very meh wrt NCIS lately. I can't figure out whether ( spoilery speculation )